Science news articles about 'shuttle return to earth'

Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar ...

With their visit winding down, the world's 10 space travelers zipped up a huge shipping crate at the international space station on Wednesday for return to Earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour.

Nasa's space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth, landing in California after an eventful mission.

... bacteria grown on board the space shuttle returned to Earth 3 to 7 times more virulent ... safeguard astronauts from disease and lead to new treatments for food poisoning and other common ailments on Earth ...